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Donation strategy: how do you allocate your donations? (i.imgflip.com)

submitted 1 year ago by graphito@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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I noticed that transfer companies usually charge fixed amount for each transaction, so donating $1 can easily incur 30%+ fee.
So I would like to find a rule of thumb to minimize the fees yet cover all projects I like

Any tips?

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[–] Aio@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I almost don't do donations at all because i either don't have the money or they don't support the swedish version of cashapp, swish. Every time i have wanted to donate anything to anyone this had been the issues i face, except for one twitch streamer who became one of my better friends and one server hoster who i later on realized alot of bad things about. In both of these cases there was no transaction fee.

TL;DR Swish takes no transaction fees but barely anyone takes swish. The few times i have the opportunity to donate i usually don't have the money to donate.